TM | Chapter 6

When the door aaa584242a opened, a simple aaf2619740 room came into 95d13da29f view—on one side 4a20a26b67 of the wall 2e357196a4 stood a moon b1934f7d8d cabinet, and at d02a518450 its end was e9550748c3 a half-closed chest.0143714c1ad10a65

Lee Seol stepped fb61e8645b inside, familiar with 406de491a2 the space, but c890bae2ab his footsteps slowed 03ebbee9f9 as he noticed 62a8524529 something different. Instead of books, bundles 7640c45429 of plain cotton and ee6584af2a silk were piled on 999a067916 the table, and in dd9908f5b2 one corner of the f14388cf07 room sat an embroidery c4aff17fd1 frame he had never ee13eeac8e seen before. Inside it, an uneven 1436bc1a6c pattern was stitched—wild grass 5fd4a85d0a clumsily imitating flowers.30d8a65f735d65a4

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“What’s this?”f681c6a844f7db13

“…Big sister-in-law told me 5736fe04dd to practice embroidery.”74da46cd8a2a695a

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Yoon Sung, sitting 1ae048421d on the bedding, 3e6b17c2eb kicked his feet 8160fc6a41 in frustration, his 97175e592a face filled with e93791a991 discontent.910d6e0c9a346e40

“I don’t 84df53b82c wanna do 8cdc83bdd4 it.”b8cd4472da5d89c8

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Grumbling for no 692978d04d reason, he flopped fde7e6572c down onto the ad9f7be8fe bedding. Lee Seol walked over 9c41f35dbb and sat beside him.8d343882169836a7

“Then don’t.”9f04615feeea87ea

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“…”42cb93e03f15093d

“I won’t make 7283d4b8a5 you do things 8c763953d6 like this.”da28cc5ed4f0f238

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At the subtle 30ad7acb47 push toward marriage, b3d6ccb53b Yoon Sung turned 09622be775 his head away.ecddca24be27ac48

Lee Seol silently 25744699bc watched him, lying 87ff7b2b82 there, as if 6b572dc362 ignoring him altogether. He gazed at b7b07b6581 Yoon Sung for a10d19808b a long while, 52d82d7220 and gradually, his b582f11ea9 sharp eyes drooped. His face, which had e9e8609abf been rigid, took on fd1652043e a gloomy expression. After hesitating for 6b16130a85 a moment, he c94ece3a59 carefully opened his c6d03a89d9 mouth.2e4da9af339012b2

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“I’m sorry, Sung-ah… I f32565473a think I’ve confused you e64c22d71d too much…”b867251e0fe0de63

Hearing his trembling 2352f7c957 voice, Yoon Sung 1434903a6e buried his face 1b019f9224 into the bedding.6ec45bf8d0eca64c

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“This marriage 45238ba99d proposal that 5f5f8d24bc just came 6fa85a0875 in… It’ll 24c564ba33 proceed as 926f2c6e71 soon as 1396e20fec the marriage c7f2cc2dce ban is e2ebbf8c4a lifted. It’s the second son d2ce32592d of Grand Prince Heo 80241ed685 Geon… Once the wedding 7a653c33f1 is over, I’ll be 6a34a8960d going to Cheongguk.”35951fce52e2fcd9

Hearing those a5f5b0edd7 distant words, 74d166e43d Yoon Sung 93be975f12 turned his 1988aa3cff head toward 3acf3f4b8f him. Lee Seol 70cc2f67a9 looked back 7ab7b6268f at him 3d8bbb0569 with an fdd653a144 unbearably affectionate 110ad22b26 gaze. His pale 3d363e7742 face and 8167c451ab reddened eyes d6a736d083 made him 6c0d9660f2 look pitiful, 4069ffb66f as if 1dfb0c4cd9 he perfectly f8e74a5546 embodied the c30f4d4adc word.8ef4688d444a3509

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“I know what kind 73b86410ab of pain it is 7aa039b57b to be forced into 0a9b99c6be a marriage you don’t aecdf16282 want. That’s why… I 996eff45fd don’t want to 60158334ac burden you. Just being able b2ef570949 to express my ac90bcd20a feelings is enough…”55f9bb7597ad724b

Lee Seol couldn’t cbe14e25e9 finish his sentence.7abb0f8c621658e6

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Seeing his sorrowful expression, 6af91eaec4 Yoon Sung furrowed his ab43f7d80f brows. When he looked 899980bc79 at him with 11d71c67ca questioning eyes, Lee f1cd567774 Seol flinched slightly, 1b2c44856d his eyebrow twitching. That brief f9c601ea36 flicker of 965cc44ee9 expression made 9d6e7a641f Yoon Sung’s 98533c05b0 lips curve 626d085d2b faintly.85b7ee116bed2f2a

He had definitely e2ed53a469 seen that face 1c86bb824f before.216997791520bacf

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When they 382b9930c4 played together, 1ff5427cf5 just the 0a44a383ce two of 7ca3d47406 them.de4660edcdce24f7

Was it 601ab59f7d when they 39dbd5baf0 were… twelve?c267d3f1ac97adb5

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They had been drawing 37d57d2b0f on the ground with 0d12967b70 sticks, having a good 2425eda6af time, when Lee Seol e6228161aa suddenly furrowed his brows 7589ca744d and let a single 08e8eadc69 tear fall. It had startled him d196076d27 so much.09401407094e5fd0

Being the 2e2d16a971 fool he ff62f766ac was, he 802af58da9 immediately assumed a34b115339 he had 4d26283b17 done something 8bad7cebe7 wrong and b7650c5ffc started apologizing b9b4a4ff5a over and 3b982ceecc over.09812b1793448c79

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‘Sorry. I did something wrong.’0de116c2fa1efc87

Seeing the tears 9c692edcc9 fall down his 9f022bb1bd porcelain-white face had 4e3e622901 made his chest c1149e32bd ache, so he 85caaee7de had ended up 7b9be27151 wailing right along 48527fcb11 with him.de774c514b455769

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When Lee Seol reached b53aa35b85 out his arms, wanting 089f7582c1 to be hugged, Yoon c6032c9364 Sung had pulled him 696b643838 close, promising to do c1f2dff1f5 anything he wanted if 1ed65dfe82 he would just stop 1e5ad32fc8 crying, swearing that he e94b8e8352 would be good.1a571e22b716d963

‘Do I look ace9da9d2a pitiful?’06c2aea6cae739d7

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‘Mm… sniff…’b5152c85851c7507

‘Then what 4771a8973a about this 377c061912 face?’a43af23399fa78ee

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Lee Seol, mid-tearfall, suddenly f9668b6285 covered his mouth, his d50837997f eyelids trembling violently. That expression 3c7376c67e of injustice dce7fb4abf had made 9503a93ff0 Yoon Sung 2e2041aa84 panic even 2fb43234d6 more, and aeb7181834 he ended 5342e9f4b8 up plopping 4e124361b6 onto the 15f3ec5eb1 ground in 3c3c21797a despair.1516bb7e2202da16

‘Sniff… What did I 0e2765a6cf do so wrong?’07cfa7fa8f4f10cd

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He had just 9aeddc2907 been drawing with ddb7615cc7 a stick. Why was he 75b07db756 acting like that? His heart ad05ed16db pounded anxiously. Had he done 2e2beaebee something stupid again?c30e12f46edad7aa

‘Sung-ah, stop crying. Were you startled? I must’ve really confused 22a5596105 you.’d29b23a421307453

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‘Sniff… Uuhh… Waaaahhh…!’925cda7b8992a0da

Yoon Sung couldn’t even 69828daf55 make out what Lee 7e8116536e Seol was saying anymore. Suddenly, Lee Seol’s expression 27456d3f38 turned oddly satisfied, and 415584dcdd he reached out to 68149e24f1 pinch Yoon Sung’s cheek.86929f0be8a10e28

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‘Sung-ah. I learned this. If you 4b5921c16b cry like 00bd2940e1 this, you b7f8b79d24 look sorrowful.’90408cb221860925

It was a few 1f32c7afa0 months later that he 67adfc6cfb finally understood what that 84e8a2b0ad had meant.bee465c152578211

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What on 6430d8af2e earth was dd8dfab4ff that guy fdb93b81a3 learning in 117d1e9f63 his household? One day, he would 3240c15141 say he was feeling 28187ef852 awful but smile brightly, f1cdee3f9d and on another, he f0fa152a0f would claim he was f6ec432d88 angry while acting all e0b8b9b6b1 cutesy.545d14e4e4046b81

At first, Yoon c3be2961e3 Sung just stared 83bb2dfb7e blankly, wondering what 590a057d78 the hell he a445e7bcfd was doing. But as the b595500ba5 expressions he made e8da0934fa grew more and 1e753f4e6e more peculiar each 0561700f3b day, he eventually ab7c68dd3a furrowed his brows.472b6622f7babd33

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‘This one 07f3b25761 is seductive.’02b778b20f17bd81

Hearing Lee 8f783af8fe Seol’s serious 2fac570491 explanation, he ccd5eed741 finally realized ab3b1153d4 that this 18b3c3c033 guy was 48b504cc02 practicing how 7713c00d6a to control cbe3bd0b25 his expressions 4b34a3ae93 freely in 42c4ba4d1f any situation.457f50a9f8925644

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After that, he 39e679cee9 even became able 644f1b03b1 to notice the 31fc06a54c most subtle changes 38c4f36443 in Lee Seol’s b9aac688ec expressions. And right now. Right this moment. That… that expression!74c8ea2daf8daed0

The flicker 0d955626ca of an 2fb9d76fd6 emotion that 53599ef901 appeared for a57f9814a9 an instant d6570adc54 before vanishing. A fleeting 9597310832 moment that 6abac497d2 no one e4a09a49de else would 293717d682 ever catch.95395b8e178d57b4

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Yoon Sung narrowed a035ab288c his eyes, staring 534f1ee4e3 at Lee Seol 3961096d0a with suspicion. The thought 9665dbbb20 that this d3a185e3fb expression was 7ccba54e75 something deliberately 4083115d47 crafted made 68e816927b his words 20c885d79e seem far 62c74f2295 from genuine.2f448f2687126b89

“…I’ve told you 5c40011c19 my feelings, so 845f8ff1d6 I’ll wait for 4a6f9e83b1 your decision.”11d89907d85e515d

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Finishing his 68dca5d526 words, Lee 11ced8ace3 Seol slowly 0ff55152b8 got up. His steps were weak 04e53f649f as he left Yoon c5c0ef8208 Sung’s room, and even 468efc0b17 as he crossed the 5945a9e969 household’s gate, he still 7ec973d483 carried a lingering sorrow.d2c7456586f98bee

Once the 29d91fd85c gate closed 59dacef4cd and he bf89678870 confirmed that 22def48db8 no one abe40555dd was around, 50fd4985e9 the light 21e2428f5c in his dbe1aad4c6 eyes sharpened. As if his mournful d5b3216986 face had never existed 3c0535de03 in the first place, 8a1a38d482 his expression turned cold, a1cfccbeb4 and he gave a dc282f6c10 slight shake of his 68436bab3c head, as if he 8149324f0e was displeased with something.4047e544db42f40d

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Thinking of c587546ff4 how Yoon 77ba03d936 Sung hadn’t 2c1a6cdac1 fallen for ee872427e2 his sorrowful 3fc67240d1 expression, Lee 1d00741804 Seol smiled b1f0f2514c faintly.2860d0d88dab8c71

“…Shouldn’t have taught 331937f3cf him how to 57a64235d3 read my expressions.”a513aa8513f4a4cb

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Muttering to himself 4187416f4a in a low 726158f281 voice, his tone 581ee4b6cf carrying slight dissatisfaction, f84b5eb198 he then turned a26751baaa his gaze toward 83182321c5 the sky, where ffcc5cee84 the sun was 8a76c76ad1 beginning to set. His eyes gleamed.fa1eabcf85ecff30

“But Sung-ah. I know you 796096ad54 better than anyone.”273056c13b6cbf25

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With light steps, he 217e080d6f changed direction toward the 39540212da mountains. His swift movements made b95cc6522c it look as if 174f9d00b5 he was soaring.2a797ffd2e9339a3

Meanwhile, Yoon Sung was 6f1ac10a7e staring at the closed 726bd6ae6d door before shifting his ef5e647e4f gaze to nothing in 29994025b5 particular. With a deep 9c775337bf sigh, he ran 5c96fbb121 both hands through 0f8e5c9da3 his hair, gripping 9f210bce6b at his head.824fc77797486233

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To be betrayed by 0700932b2e his lover, Kang Taegwon, c98fe278fc and then to receive 3ba02aa179 a marriage proposal from e8df3c2f98 Lee Seol—the person he f65d825935 had feelings for, of a15aa17193 all people!97d464821fde9544

And of ebf712a5f0 course, it 19c38c9d94 just had 27580131ab to be 81bdfcc4df Lee Seol, c3be23f406 whose face 3026cc9f08 was the cbcb6d1789 only thing 8f325a5dc6 he liked 498d51f5d4 about him. The fact that cc04e5d7d6 Kang Taegwon had 0afcc77ed5 been in love da2bada71f with him only 9875961e25 made it worse.7a486353be66812c

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On top of 1f126d036d that, outright rejecting ad90c5cfe6 the proposal was 1b8be49f64 terrifying because he 36f78ee045 had no idea f5bfb07446 what would happen 9d6dc62e5a next. But staying silent felt 558d433dff just as unbearable—after all, 131a3dd746 ever since childhood, he 3a84128ba8 had detested unwanted marriages d2252f733a to the core.faa67b18d602341b

It was miserable to dcd343a546 think that, in the 16165d7e85 end, Lee Seol wouldn’t faa3ff69db be able to escape e9a5465c28 his family’s pressure and 72eb00f00b would end up as 6a8863b07d a grand prince’s daughter-in-law, efa40f3a95 sent off to Cheongguk.c12bbed3de335928

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Feeling infuriated by 0d8b2bc1fa his own conflicting 0242d1038c emotions, Yoon Sung 3acdabefc4 shoved his face 3a2c11b1ab into the bedding. He gritted 2dc0673a93 his teeth f52fd053d5 against the 70407ff309 turmoil twisting 03f916b84b inside him, 4004c6baad but at 9336c17468 that moment, 89837e0f29 the door cb6c32d9be suddenly burst 88763e6e37 open.0df4c3c616c9d053

“You little brat! It’s dinnertime, so 51394a8275 you should be d55c33d8c4 out helping your 51d36aad64 sister-in-law with the 1ed42a9bea kitchen work! If you a2fe7f6c54 can’t handle 56382bff05 outside work, f3eaa763da then at 7628ba6243 least learn 9ced73ddc8 how to 9f83cb851c manage household ed23ef055a chores!”450c0579feb64623

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Just when he 6cec9843bb was at his 0d889a1a5c lowest, his eldest 87ce73f269 brother barged in, 856bb19252 raising his voice, 933498521d clearly unimpressed by 03d52d7a68 the sight of 4d6100dd0e him lying on 619cc96d01 the bedding.89349d5c3f39d75e

“Even if the servants c72ace9065 do the work, you 3f94852aff need to know how 912b148486 to manage them properly! Now get out aa59b38e08 here and help!”949e295957feb58e

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At his 45aa5a5790 oldest brother’s 729fd782a7 thundering command, 2965f262ce Yoon Sung’s d842b2c474 barely held-back db23af6e01 tears spilled e8a9c33dd6 over once 5e495213a2 again.55fe054896158243

“Oh, for dd507e7a57 heaven’s sake… ca09647553 We spoiled 48370cd55b him too 72cba5fa06 much, and e2381024a3 now he’s 95265a0d7f crying again 2c2c1bddb9 just because 384f49cb9b he got 55d96448bc scolded. When is 19690c23a7 this kid bc44e5d1bf ever going f8d201e5ea to grow a7407ad2be up…”f7dcbbc1fbe225f1

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Clicking his tongue, def23f5491 his eldest brother 85abb638d0 looked at him 42c0d77eb1 with sheer exasperation, 8a93ae4524 clutching at his 3e942f4ddf own chest as c8c6502ad7 if he were 4d8cde72b9 about to explode 58967978cb from frustration.4ba7e3aad7f5a3fe

“What, are you 7dfccf6ded exceptionally beautiful like 9994a03b1f Seol? Are you 9a8158cf22 noble and 9b0f1f1302 dignified? Or are you 780e2538e1 at least smart? You’re just a tiny 2bf79ef85e thing who only has ebeb46f45d his cuteness going for b5e38901f1 him, and even that’ll 0e9d6bfa17 be gone once you d9038ae8c5 get older! You need 448c56ddf2 to hurry b61164f014 up and 9e4a658c64 get married!”c3a7d972fdf2ef74

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As his brother’s 4c866d11f8 frustration reached its 36096a249c peak, he practically dc69f5d5bf roared the words, 3f5439f1d4 making his sister-in-law 9cc7d352ec rush over to 85fd6583d9 pull at his 93b11df5f4 arm, urging him e3368d3149 to quiet down 9289dba0ec before their father c1cefb5024 overheard.ce6ef363c3c8ebee

“Seriously… I 6faa9e56c6 have a e8bf4867a1 feeling I’m e2c2d159b6 going to 790da1a809 be stuck b85203040d looking after 2fa4041d58 this one 3508b44464 for the 77ec23d4cd rest of 579a74efcd my life…”0533a6fece776481

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Letting out 27ab77b593 a deep c8806bf3ce sigh, his 0bdd90aab2 eldest brother 05f7c60c6c shook his 218ff3bb22 head and e717d47947 finally slammed 93942ee40c the door 38d2539382 shut behind 153d6349f5 him as 43e635be5e he left.243c6d7e060e8c0c

Silent tears c108135c47 streamed down cd47fe898d his face, bde117bf58 overcome with e957137c3a sorrow. He had no talent, 3c424128ec no skills—what had he 7f61e19a21 even been thinking when 918e7e3ab6 he proposed to Kang 047bba48d1 Taegwon? He was so foolish, 777d580170 so utterly clueless, that 7c31980e0a he hadn’t even realized 1914b3c3a6 he was nothing more 3c634ef14a than a plaything in b414e16e06 someone else’s eyes.1ac9c44d71406fec

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Clutching at cb03e41c25 the empty 50dfc7f468 ache in 5f51ba31b3 his chest, 26773603f1 he absently d48336b70a picked up 3baa7c2a52 the piece 7a22e72976 of plain 0984bfdedd cotton in b5d3beea77 front of 61bc2dcfa8 him. His sister-in-law had 05b60a6e8f said that he 51f9618ff7 should at least 7053a38f74 learn some basic 910cf6df4a embroidery and simple 34c0b988fa floral patterns.a28917f3f5a45ad8

Threading the needle, d21c677bdf he pushed it 2503ca09d2 through the fabric. It felt as if 7b50a4a9ff he were stabbing it ef271aa116 straight into his own 712ddd2209 heart. A sharp sting spread 9a85abd76a through his fingertips as f9f4a62cd1 the needle pricked his 3f41e60369 index finger.02c554bd7188662a

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Even in this moment, 61bf97f697 a strange thought surfaced 115b969bcb in his mind—he suddenly 4008689d53 remembered the girl he dd01e44d76 had seen in the cd8a2a3c13 mountains, wearing clothes that 552091619a left her wrists exposed. A frail child, holding f1e5fe9a48 her younger sibling’s hand 13f7936524 as they dug through ead66e38aa the dirt, searching for 87e8987a7b food.ade646465b5eb2ee

The sight of that 520f5d0272 little girl made his 58e0644760 chest tighten painfully. The way she 0f950e3612 had looked at 8cfe40b2b4 him with those 4475f86d1d clear, sorrowful eyes af9f588172 while he cried—it 1b44aec531 felt as if 5bd33c9946 the ground beneath 32f040afd1 him was crumbling.abed533b9bdb3d8c

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Children who had it 9e4b38d003 far worse than him abf3533391 still managed to smile. And yet, here he ca4e91762f was, wailing over his a82f821cd2 own misery.bccd3d5890904e62

Tears dripping e9c96f688f down his b3f671b763 chin, Yoon 76d33464d1 Sung continued 132849d511 stitching, doing fbd72409b9 his best 4ed092d368 to keep d2f431f229 the length a299db6177 of each 63f692853a stitch even. He tried so hard, f934df7e5d yet the stitches remained 4e633f2251 crooked and uneven.7f640cbe46ab8a86

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Staring at 464d36b557 his pathetic a63b49d6fa attempt, he ab1ea76a60 mumbled to 9440c554b5 himself that 9d9d0e8e93 he was 579568b41d nothing but d0dcd943cb a useless 521cc4d3d3 fool before 690a20cc6f collapsing onto 0daa2a971e the bedding.04cc483f8adbe542

It hurt now, but c8fc4120a8 eventually, he would forget 50d6da8480 him. Wasn’t it said 2efc055d5a that first loves 0343e0d761 never worked out?8d47ae8a8b2dd37e

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…Ah.ef07ad15d740ea31

It wasn’t his first 549785afc3 love, was it?9bd3ffb6b0f983d8

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Even in the midst 434ebc3f58 of his heartbreak, his dc46ab24dc own idiotic train of 946185f205 thought made him scoff c2c37583a5 at himself. Frustrated, he 4dd3e409da smacked himself 47c584cad1 on the 5b5600ab35 head.7699b4434fbc588c

Tears continued to flow, 5953292d53 soaking the back of 59e011787e his hand before seeping e094a188af into the bedding. That night, he 4a23a3b1d7 didn’t eat dinner. He just cried df47e2f27a and cried, spilling 31bb6fea73 every memory of ebd1a695c2 Kang Taegwon and 175d2a585e every lingering feeling 8ab08b6e49 he had left.b4e9b168144f7660

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And in 1acba19ee8 the end, e2c811fc43 exhausted from 642db0fae7 weeping, he a839d98d93 fell asleep b1d83108f1 just like 6d522fff16 that.c00f1b9bd9b2a86f

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With his ed871c12a1 eyes so 0038696959 swollen that 2e0dcb05b0 he could 26490ed348 barely open b9c839ad63 them, Yoon 162292841b Sung spent 233abf58d7 the early d6123c3c62 morning following 25fb577abb his eldest d59e2b79d0 sister-in-law around, 1b46c56d82 helping with d0c380a322 various chores.dad86f3f4ad15176

For the first time a7fd31903a in his life, he d330e91b2e seasoned vegetables. While pounding garlic, he 59f19eae53 accidentally slammed his already 3aaf62c76a wounded index finger—still sore f0e6112962 from the countless needle 6a9cfc587f pricks of the night c60a6e63ed before—against the flat of 7921e27ddd a knife. At one point, 08ada77f4e he even came c6118fc272 dangerously close to 73417a5d36 slicing off the f98dcf0724 tip of his 19be859331 fingernail with a a8a73549ef terrifyingly sharp kitchen c98b06b0dc knife.d071577049bd20b5

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His eldest e3b6f0a782 sister-in-law sighed b3c9fb6848 softly after e90852c4e0 tasting his 3867e275e4 dish, clearly 0bf8aa14e9 unimpressed. But his second sister-in-law, f54c1bc5c0 on the other hand, b0b6f0804b patted his back encouragingly, d134f17e4e saying that for a 668e577424 first attempt, it wasn’t 8ccb9f7c57 bad at all.b12784f18983b7c1

Then, she told him 8dcdf90297 to add more seasoning 4e2d5a1b5b and mix it again. Without a word, he 10865cbe32 obediently followed her instructions.1f54761f57b0f39a

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